Stray

[streɪ] or [stre]

解释:

(noun.) an animal that has strayed (especially a domestic animal).

(verb.) wander from a direct course or at random; 'The child strayed from the path and her parents lost sight of her'; 'don't drift from the set course'.

(adj.) (of an animal) having no home or having wandered away from home; 'a stray calf'; 'a stray dog' .

校对:马尔科姆--From WordNet

解释:

(a.) To wander, as from a direct course; to deviate, or go out of the way.

(a.) To wander from company, or from the proper limits; to rove at large; to roam; to go astray.

(a.) Figuratively, to wander from the path of duty or rectitude; to err.

(v. t.) To cause to stray.

(v. i.) Having gone astray; strayed; wandering; as, a strayhorse or sheep.

(n.) Any domestic animal that has an inclosure, or its proper place and company, and wanders at large, or is lost; an estray. Used also figuratively.

(n.) The act of wandering or going astray.

校对:索尼亚

同义词及近义词：

v. n. [1]. Wander, rove, ramble, range, roam, straggle, stroll, deviate, digress, go out of the way, go astray.[2]. Swerve (from rectitude), err.

n. Estray.

a. [Colloquial.] Straying, wandering, gone astray.

塞西尔编辑

同义词及反义词：

SYN:Wander, deviate, digress, ramble, go_astray, err, depart, rove

ANT:Adhere, abide, stick

布兰卡德录入

解释:

v.i. to wander: to go from the enclosure company or proper limits: to err: to rove: to deviate from duty or rectitude.—v.t. (Shak.) to cause to stray.—n. a domestic animal that has strayed or is lost: a straggler a waif a truant: the act of wandering.—adj. Strayed wandering astray.—ns. Stray′er one who strays a wanderer; Stray′ling a little waif or stray.

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